[SGVLUG] Bad memory in Pentium I, HD too large, PC power use

[John E. Kreznar]

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David Lawyer <dave at lafn.org> writes:

> Re the HD too large problem, I decided to upgrade my hard drive and
> bought a used 40 GB HD to replace a bad 3 MB HD which sometimes causes
> the power supply shutdown.  My MB (ATC 5000 from 1999) can't recognize
> it and I found complaints about this on the Internet.  Even though the
> BIOS has LBA for the HD, supposedly able to access 4 TB of disk,  40
> GB is too much for it!   On the Internet, they said that even flashing
> the BIOS with an update fails to fix this problem.

Linux may recognize the 40 GB even if the BIOS doesn't.  Test by
booting some "live" linux such as Knoppix or tomsrtbt.  If so, leave
the 3 MB in there to boot from, but run from the 40 GB.  After booting
you can put the 3 MB to sleep with hdparm -Y, saving power.  I do
something like this routinely on an old box that doesn't recognize
large drives.

> My PC is fast on the Inherent with either the Lynx (text only) or
> Dillo browsers.  Unfortunately, neither is being updated and they do
> need updating,

Latest changelog entry in debian lynx 2.8.6 is barely a year old.

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 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13

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